[b]-*-*Note: After the dozens of comments and watching others go back and forth with the topic, I can see why sun-setting could help the game and ultimately have changed my view. I'm still a bit upset about it but it might be the start of bringing one of my favorite games to it's full potential. Seeing other people's perspectives helped me see why I was wrong and why sun-setting can be good. So chill with the comments because ultimately sun-setting will happen and people are gonna be upset. Plus I'm one of those people who hates having unread notifications.*-*-[/b] -*Note: please do read the existing comments as any questions or criticism you have may already be answered there*- Hi there! Just your average destiny 2 player who wants to voice their opinion. I've been loving and hating this game ever since it was released; waiting for a chance to get into the servers on launch day, whenever different metas came and went, the great stories we've gotten (no matter how upsetting losing Cayde-6 was). I've recently played Destiny 1 to go back to the roots and play the game I so fondly remembered. I was both filled with nostalgia and disappointed. The game was so fun to play when it was the main thing going and I had a blast looking through the OG tower and all of it's little secrets. The gameplay however, cannot compare to that of Destiny 2 and I say that with a bit of sadness. Destiny 1 was great for it's time. Destiny 2 has had it's ups and downs and has the potential to be something absolutely astonishing. The story being developed and the upcoming return of the character who left us with so many questions. I look forward to playing Beyond Light but I believe there is something wrong. The simplest way to put it is: I believe sun-setting equipment is a poor idea. I'm glad they aren't making the same mistake as they did in D1 when they sunset the exotics as well. However, I find that as the game develops our "play it your way" motto has become "play it our way". I distinctly remember that being a big point that Bungie wanted to express with Destiny 2 and it was definitely something that sounded a lot more interesting. I believe Bungie has fallen short on that idea in the last year. The reasons I believe sun-setting is a poor idea are as follows: -Forces us to play their way as opposed to our way -I genuinely doubt that they'll be able to produce enough new weaponry after Beyond Light releases to sufficiently replace the arsenal they're making obsolete -It feels even worse because the guns will remain there, in our vaults, obsolete and out-dated when they don't need to be. They will become nothing more than trophies or for Crucible weapons. -I think that rather than force us to use new weaponry to advance they should've let us keep are arsenals and introduce weapons actually worthy of using instead of what we have now. -Quite frankly, if I want to keep using my Felwinter's Lie or Exit Strategy then I should be allowed to without it hindering my ability to progress. Finally I simply think there should've been more involvement of the community with such a decision. I don't have all the answers and solutions but I think a vote could've been a really good chance to make sure that the playerbase is going to be happy with such a controversial decision. I don't mean the kind of vote where it's only on their website or Twitter where it makes it so only the people who go there can vote. If there was a way to implement it so that everyone could vote and not have to check Twitter or Bungie.net to see that there's a vote then I believe it would be a better way to make sure the playerbase isn't going to be outraged. I understand the idea of people making fake accounts for it or some other way to make the votes unfair but ultimately it still leaves the choice to the playerbase, the people who actually play the game and the various types of players. This solution might not be the best as the losing side may become more outraged or some other negative consequence that I cannot foresee. Alternatively, introduce a mechanic where we can level up our arsenal with us in a different way. Instead of infusing other weapons and armor to bring it to a higher level, we would have to work through a very difficult process to increase the max light level of our arsenal. If someone truly is adamant enough about keeping their arsenal then they can go through a difficult process to keep their arsenal. Once again, I don't have all the solutions so I'm not sure how it could work exactly but the idea of increasing the max light level for sun-setted weapons should not be an easy one. It should be a challenge that will allow people who are truly adamant about keeping their arsenal a chance to do so but having to prove it. I've pre-ordered Beyond Light and will live with whatever they do as I am a single person and cannot influence Bungie alone. And there are those that would disagree with me, which is perfectly fine, but ultimately I will have to respect their choice. Perhaps, though very unlikely, after launch they may see the community react more negatively to sun-setting than anticipated to a point where they drop the concept of sun-setting and remove a limit of max light level for all equipment. Just a hopeful thought I suppose. -Your average Destiny 2 PvE player.